2014/15 Theme Discussion

1,746 Pieces, US $149.99 - CA $179.99 – AU $199.99 - DE 129.99€ - UK £119.99 - DK 1,199.00 DKK

Climb aboard the LEGO Fairground Mixer and hold onto your hat! Unfold the awesome Fairground Mixer, turn the crank and see it come to life! The fair has come to town and children and adults alike can’t wait to try the rides. Buy your ticket from the ticket booth and climb aboard the Mixer. Then try reaching the golden bell on the high striker or hit the target to plunge the dunk tank lady into the water. As evening falls, the swirling Mixer ride glows in the darkness, before being folded down onto its own trailer for transportation to the next town. This magical fairground is packed with wonderful details that will capture everyone’s imagination.

Includes 12 minifigures: a juggling man on stilts, dunk tank lady, strong man challenger, ticket lady, truck driver/ride operator, 2 women, 2 girls, 2 boys and a queasy man who tried the mixer one too many times. Enjoy the magical atmosphere of the fairground with the LEGO Fairground Mixer, packed with exciting features and imaginative details.

Includes 12 minifigures: a juggling man on stilts, dunk tank lady, strong man challenger, ticket lady, truck driver, ride operator, 2 women, 2 girls, 2 boys and a queasy man who tried the mixer one too many times
Features working Fairground Mixer ride with crank operation, 2 transport trucks, high striker and dunk tank
Includes glow-in-the-dark elements
Mixer truck has opening doors, windshield wipers and removable roof to access interior with bed and TV
Accessory truck holds ticket booth, high-striker and dunk tank
Accessories include: ice cream, popsicle, lime green cherries, teddy bear, juggling pins and a large and small mallet for the high-striker
Easily upgrade the Mixer ride with LEGO Power Functions motors (not included)
Enjoy the fun of the fair!
Includes over 1,700 pieces
Fairground Mixer ride unfolded measures over 11” (30cm) high, 17” (45cm) long and 12” (31cm) wide

A weird, kinda, polybag got found today! It features a fabric hammock branded for the Friends line!

– Get ready for your most colorful online adventure yet, as Funcom opens the door to the world of LEGO® Minifigures Online this June –
Oslo, Norway – April 28th, 2014 – Funcom is excited to announce that its upcoming online game LEGO® Minifigures Online will head into Open Beta on the PC in select markets this June. Based on the hugely popular Minifigures series of collectible toys, LEGO® Minifigures Online brings the little characters to life as players get to collect them and bring them out on epic adventures through classic LEGO worlds such as Pirate, Space, Medieval and many more.
LEGO Minifigures Online will launch as a free-to-play game on PC, iOS and Android this fall. The game has already been in Closed Beta for several months, and Funcom will be using the Open Beta as an opportunity to test the game even more thoroughly with large numbers of players, and the developers look forward to feedback on everything from the fun factor to the technical details.
"Open Beta is a significant milestone for any game, and I can say on behalf of the team that we are incredibly excited that players, young and old will soon have the opportunity to experience LEGO Minifigures Online for themselves," says Executive Producer Lawrence Poe. "This is an invaluable opportunity to collect feedback directly from players. We'll be using that feedback over the summer to help us focus our efforts where they are most needed and deliver the best possible experience when we launch in the fall.”
Readers of the LEGO Club Magazine, one of the world's biggest magazines for kids, have a special treat in store for them in the June issue. The magazine, which is sent to almost four million households, has a full page dedicated to the game where readers are urged to take part in a voting process which will determine what exclusive minifigure they will receive for free through a special code in the September issue of the magazine. The minifigure will only be available to those with a code, and LEGO Club readers get to decide which minifigure it is!
For more information about LEGO Minifigures Online, the minifigures you get to play and the worlds you get to explore, please visit the official website at www.playminifigures.com. There you can also register to be notified as soon as the game opens up for Open Beta in June.

Here is the promotions for this May the Forth celebration, in europe the promotions will be lasting a week, but we are still waiting here in the US.

75059 Sandcrawler available from today.
Exclusive poster with all orders Star Wars orders.
Free 5002123 Darth Revan minifigure with Star Wars orders of £50 or more. (€55 in Europe).
15% off selected Star Wars sets, which includes most of last year's sets, many of this year's, and the Death Star, SSD and UCS X-Wing, and UCS R2D2.
Entry to a prize draw to win all the currently available UCS sets, including the Sandcrawler.

A Special episode of the Simpsons will be airing this weekend called "Brick like me". The Episode will be LEGO themed and feature these (really odd) LEGO minifiugres of the characters.

The May the Forth promotions have started, just a reminder of what we have in store for us this week.

75059 Sandcrawler now available.
Exclusive poster with all orders Star Wars orders.
Free 5002123 Darth Revan minifigure with Star Wars orders of $75/£50/€55
In Europe,15% off selected Star Wars sets, which includes most of last year's sets, many of this year's, and the Death Star, SSD and UCS X-Wing, and UCS R2D2.
In the USA and Canada, up to 50% off selected Star Wars sets.
In Europe, entry to a prize draw to win all the currently available UCS sets, including the Sandcrawler.

Today has been a slow news day so we are going to keep you updated on some very location specific discounts! Smith's in the UK is offering these discounts from their site:
At least 20% off virtually all the Star Wars sets they stock, including 27% off the Rancor Pit
25% off Mindstorms EV3, which brings it down to £233.
28% off this year's Disney Princess set Ariel's Magical Kiss, now £17.99, and 25% or more off quite a few Friends sets.
29% off The LEGO Movie Super Cycle Chase, now just £31.99 down from £45.

21108 Everything by Brickset, on Flickr
Brickset published a great early view of 21108 Ghost Busters! This is the last project that we will see produced from the Cuusoo platform as it shifts into Idea's now even in the box art.

Star Wars The Dark Side
Journey to the dark side of a galaxy far, far away and meet the LEGO Star Wars minifigure members of the ruthless Imperial Army in LEGO Star Wars: The Dark Side!

Ninjago Visual Dictionary
Meet the Masters of the Spinjitzu as they prepare to do battle and learn about great heroes and the ninjas’ mortal enemies while discovering little-known facts about their weapons and vehicles. Discover everything there is to know about the world of LEGO Ninjago with DK’s all-new LEGO Ninjago: The Visual Dictionary.

Ninjago Brickmaster Updated and Expanded
Little ninjas everywhere will get in the action building 15 exclusive models while following the adventure of the Masters of Spinjitzu in DK’s LEGO Ninjago Brickmaster, now newly updated and expanded! With an additional 32 pages of expanded and exciting story and reference information, young readers will learn to master the art of building with the 140 bricks and 2 minifigures included.

30302 Spider Glider by Brickset, on Flickr

A new piece of marketing material for the Parisian Restaurant was published on LEGO's Youtube channel today! Is this a sign of a new building? It might be, it is that time of year.

It appears lot of the summer sets are already hitting shelfs, Brickset just published the following.
UK:

The majority of the City - Arctic, Friends, Star Wars, Ninjago and Legends of Chima sets have been released in LEGO Brand Stores, as well as the second series of the Mixels, which will no doubt prove as popular as the first.

The sets are not available online yet, but presumably it will not be long now.

US:

Most of the City - Arctic, Creator, Ninjago, Technic and Ultra Agents sets have been seen at Toys R Us stores across the country, although it would appear that different stores are holding varying stock, so your local store may not have all of the above themes available.

There may well be other themes appearing which have not been reported yet, so please feel free to inform a staff member if we have missed any out using the contact form at the bottom of the page. If you are going out to hunt some new sets down, good luck!

If you are planning on purchasing the Fairground Mixer anytime soon before sure to get your order in during may to receive this polybag!

Free with qualifying purchases at shop.LEGO.com, May 2014. All countries apart from NA.

Eurobricks Review Academy Teacher Rufus just released a great review of 70816 Benny's Spaceship! If you click the image it will take you to the review directly!

While we are discussing great reviews, we can't skip Brickset's review of the new SandCrawler set! Click the image to be directed to the review (via flashy new plugin!  ). 

Here is a (rumored) list of the mini figures included in Series 12! Take this withy a grain of salt, but I would not be one to question the validity of the list being as mostly all news-agrigators picked it up.

Space Miner
Battle Goddess
Wizard
Dino Tracker
Swashbuckler
Jester
Piggy Guy
Hun Warrior
Fairytale Princess
Pizza Delivery Man
Video Game Guy
Spooky Girl
Prospector
Genie Girl
Rock Star
Lifeguard

It looks like Warner Brothers will be taking a second swing at The LEGO Movie sooner then expected with a spinoff coming in September 2016 biased on Ninjago!

. by Brickset, on Flickr

75052 Mos Eisley Cantina by Brickset, on Flickr